Engineer Engineering
Resume:
William Griffiths
Concord, OH ***** • 440-***-**** • ***********@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
A highly energized engineering leader, skilled at maximizing development and delivering solutions in
competitive aerospace market. Balances hands on problem solving and management using 20 years of
engineering experience at both publicly traded and privately-held entities. Excellent communication and people
development skills; experienced at developing, participating and leading high performance teams to deliver
value. Successfully supported a private equity backed company to exit. Demonstrates success at evaluating,
executing and integrating acquisitions and new product development and introductions.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
TRANSDIGM CORPORATION, Cleveland, OH September 2012 - Present
(NYSE: TDG) $1.9B global company which designs, produces, and supplies engineered aerospace components.
Engineering Manager, AeroControlex Group
Design and development responsibility for air data engineered components with applications serving the global
aerospace market. Delivered measurable value through the following:
Successfully integrated the Aero-Instruments engineering and development laboratory into
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AeroControlex after TransDigm acquisition
$2M contract awarded for innovative Pitot Static Probe product development expanding rotorcraft
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market share while broadening customer base
Managed the development and certification of a new sensor expanding the marketability of the Air Data
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Sensors
Managed and supported a 300% increase in technical proposal response to new aircraft opportunities
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Leads the cost reduction team, identifying cost reductions from both design and manufacturing changes
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that will lead to $250,000+ in savings
AERO-INSTRUMENTS, Cleveland, OH August 2008 – September 2012
Privately held $13M company which designs and manufacturers highly engineered Air Data Sensors f or the
global aerospace market. Acquired by TransDigm in Sept. 2012.
Engineering Manager
Senior staff level manager that led strategic product design and development and day to day leadership of eleven
technical employees, successfully supporting this private equity backed company to exit.
Supported sales growth of 67% and margin expansion of 69%
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By developing strategies with operations, increased product yields to 95% from as low as 13% which
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kick started a 275% growth in the large commercial transport market
Supported the evaluation and integration of a strategic $2.3M acquisition that expanded m arkets while
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e nhancing existing product lines
Key player in winning the COMAC C919, Sky Skylander, EuroCopter and Piper Jet projects through
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presentations and customer visits resulting in over $70M in contract awards
Developed, maintained and met budgeted spending goals for department and research & design
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activities
Manage the prioritization, the development of schedules and the tracking of strategic engineering
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projects
Updated engineering Standard Operating Procedures to SAE AS9100 Rev C Quality Management
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System standards and successfully implemented resulting a “zero findings” audit
Represented the organization in both the SAE AC-9C and EUROCAE Work Group 89 international
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aircraft icing committees
Served as primary contact to Chicago and Seattle FAA ACO offices and FAA Designated Engineering
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Representatives (DERs)
William Griffiths • Concord, OH 44077 • 440-***-**** • ***********@*****.***
Worked with the FAA and EASA on the Air France Flight 447 incident to determine root cause of
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failure
William Griffiths • Concord, OH 44077 • 440-***-**** • ***********@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
EATON ARGOTECH, Cleveland, OH March 2007 – August 2008
(NYSE: ETN) A $21B global company whose aerospace fuel systems portfolio includes the Argo-Tech product
line of fuel pumps, valves, sensors, and accessories.
Project Engineer
• Lead project engineer on Lockheed F135 JSF auxiliary pump
• Supported projects with technical proposals, prototype builds, documentation, reviews, presentations,
and teardown analysis’s
• Directed lab technicians and suppliers on fast-paced changes to hardware and testing, while maintaining
details and records
TRANSDIGM CORP March 2003 – December 2006
AeroControlex, Cleveland, OH
Director of Engineering December 2005 - December
2006
• Reported directly to President as part of the senior management staff.
• Responsible for design engineering, manufacturing engineering and the engineering lab departments
• Developed, maintained and met budgeted spending goals and manpower for departments and research &
design activities
• Promote and support the overall company business objectives, ensuring functional metrics are met, i.e.
on time deliveries, shipments to plan, new business initiatives and all engineering project statistics
• Managed engineering implementation and assimilation of product and business acquisitions: Sweeney
Engineering and Fluid Regulators
Engineering Group Leader, Pumps June 2005 - December 2005
• Direct supervisor of three design engineers and two CAD designers
• Supported new business proposals and estimated costing for new or PMA projects
• Engineering support for the Pump Customer Service Team supporting department monthly metrics and
goals
• Managed the successful project launch of the Airbus A400M Main and Auxiliary pump
Senior Product Engineer March 2003 - June 2005
• Evaluated and investigated product returns and manufacturing issues, issuing incident reports and
corrective actions
• Primary engineering contact for Honeywell, airframe and airline customers for product design and
performance issues
Additional experience as an engineer with Parker Hannifin, Goodrich and Bosch from 1995 to 2003
EDUCATION
MBA, December, 2002 Ashland University
BE Mechanical Engineering, 1994 Youngstown State
Six Sigma Green Belt Training Parker, Bosch
Design of Experiments Air Force Academy
Lean Manufacturing & Process Mapping Parker
Geometric Tolerance & Dimensioning AeroControlex
Gas Turbine Combustor Design U.C. of Irvine
Spray Technology and Atomization Carnegie Mellon
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